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Israel Folau contemplates his future during his final appearance in GWS Giants colours (Image: Slattery)
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BREAKING: The Roar has confirmed that Israel Folau will sign with the NSW Waratahs. A press conference will be held within the next 24-36 hours to announce the Waratahs deal.
Folau will front the media in a Waratahs jersey where it will be announced that he will be playing in the 2013 Super Rugby season.
It is unclear exactly what salary agreements have been reached between the parties, but it is understood to be considerably less than the $1.5m on offer per year from the AFL, and the deal will be without ‘top-up’ assistance from the ARU.
Waratahs staff are expected to be asked how Folau can fit underneath the salary cap in place for the Super Rugby competition. The cap has recently been increased to $4.5 million for the 2013 season, after a deal between the ARU and Rugby Union Players Association.
Folau has added kicking to his skill set after his stint in the AFL with the GWS Giants, and has played rugby in his youth.
He is expected to add firepower to the Waratahs backline once he has adjusted to his third professional code in Australia. His performances will be keenly watched by supporter base coming off a worst ever season in 2012.
Folau will have a slightly shortened pre-season under new Waratahs coach Michael Cheika, and will need to bulk up from his AFL-style endurance physique.
The confirmation of Israel Folau signing to the NSW Waratahs is a major coup for rugby in Australia and will leave many at NRL headquarters pondering what could have been – in particular, what went wrong with the Parramatta Eels deal.
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December 3rd 2012 @ 12:17pm
hodge said | December 3rd 2012 @ 12:17pm | Report comment
what a joke … he should be forced to play for the Penrith Emus and then EARN his place in the NSW Team!
December 3rd 2012 @ 12:25pm
hodge said | December 3rd 2012 @ 12:25pm | Report comment
and only a 1 year deal too … so he’ll play 2013 for the Tahs and Wallabies (with 40+ different players used each year, why not) … then go back to the NRL. typical short-sightedness from the ARU
December 3rd 2012 @ 1:02pm
Will Sinclair said | December 3rd 2012 @ 1:02pm | Report comment
Why will he return to the NRL in 2014?
He might prefer away trips to Cape Town rather than Campbelltown.
He might want to go to Paris more than Penrith.
He might even want to win an Olympic Gold Medal rather than a… what do they play for in International Rugby League anyway?
December 3rd 2012 @ 1:10pm
Lippy said | December 3rd 2012 @ 1:10pm | Report comment
Classic
December 3rd 2012 @ 2:06pm
cm said | December 3rd 2012 @ 2:06pm | Report comment
Will, in international rugby league they play for a warm, flat pint of northern best bitter.
December 3rd 2012 @ 3:58pm
Crosscoder said | December 3rd 2012 @ 3:58pm | Report comment
As distinct from Pims at Twickenam
December 3rd 2012 @ 3:45pm
Ra said | December 3rd 2012 @ 3:45pm | Report comment
show us photos of yourself in schoolboy, club and representative winning teams, then ask that question again
December 3rd 2012 @ 3:55pm
Crosscoder said | December 3rd 2012 @ 3:55pm | Report comment
One year deal,you gotta love these short termers.
He also might want to get mugged in Joberg.
A RLWC is what they can play for Will.It’s called representing one’s country.
December 3rd 2012 @ 4:09pm
Greg said | December 3rd 2012 @ 4:09pm | Report comment
Against two others? hardly a “world cup”
December 3rd 2012 @ 4:20pm
Crosscoder said | December 3rd 2012 @ 4:20pm | Report comment
Please advise the two other teams competing in the event ,then.
Alternatively advise the names of the countries competing,if that is too hard.
December 3rd 2012 @ 4:33pm
Greg said | December 3rd 2012 @ 4:33pm | Report comment
well, i know Australia is sending an Australian team, a Lebonese team, a fijian team, and an italian team… so sorry, i should have said three countries providing the players for these teams. my mistake.
December 3rd 2012 @ 4:34pm
clipper said | December 3rd 2012 @ 4:34pm | Report comment
The two other teams that have any hope of winning that Greg refers to are England and New Zealand, and most of the NZ players are based here, but you knew that already – the next teams after that are at 250-1 to win the league world cup, so Greg makes a good point.
December 3rd 2012 @ 4:56pm
Crosscoder said | December 3rd 2012 @ 4:56pm | Report comment
Mate you have already shot yourslef in the foot
The Lebanese team mad up wholly of locals missed out in teh qualifiers..So yes it is your mistake.
I am sure players from France,PNG,and those from the PI,will give you a pat on the back,for a poor attempt at humour.
I know exactly what Greg was aiming at,been around long enough with ru cynics,played the game with them.
And to clipper please advise all and sundry the vast number of countries with any chance of winning the RWC.Single hand count perhaps.
No one is suggesting the outsiders have a chance of winning,its competing that is the point.That is teh charter of the Olympics and the Comm Games.
December 3rd 2012 @ 5:04pm
Greg said | December 3rd 2012 @ 5:04pm | Report comment
Wales made the semi final and were unlucky not to play in the RWC final last year, and they are 9th in the world. Tonga beat the runners up in the RWC, and they are 12th.
So, yeah, more than the one hand is needed for the count buddy.
Anyway – you say – “And to clipper please advise all and sundry the vast number of countries with any chance of winning the RWC.Single hand count perhaps.”
Then
“No one is suggesting the outsiders have a chance of winning,its competing that is the point.That is teh charter of the Olympics and the Comm Games”
Is it different for one sport and not the other?
December 3rd 2012 @ 7:08pm
Crosscoder said | December 3rd 2012 @ 7:08pm | Report comment
You got it in one,its competing,so having a shot(as you did) at a code with 3 countries, with only a real chance of winning,is let us say indicative of someone who has no interest in that code, and out to
have a dig for ego purposes.
December 3rd 2012 @ 8:11pm
Col Quinn said | December 3rd 2012 @ 8:11pm | Report comment
Greg,
I suggest that you check historical facts but the World Cup played for by RL teams is the Rugby World Cup. The Cup played for by RU teams is the Rugby Union World Cup. That is why is called the William Web Ellis Cup, named after a myth, as the trophy the RL teams play for is inscribed the Rugby World Cup. This cup was inscribed in 1953. The name Rugby World Cup is actually owned by the French Rugby League (Fédération Française de Rugby à XIII ). So please a little historical research before sarcasm.
December 3rd 2012 @ 10:01pm
Steve O said | December 3rd 2012 @ 10:01pm | Report comment
Col Quinn – out of curiosity I just checked and can confirm that the World Cup competition played by RL is called The Rugby League World Cup, and the trophy they play for is engraved……The Rugby League World Cup.
http://www.wysport.co.uk/files/1513/5029/5227/Martin_Offiah_with_cup_2.jpg
December 3rd 2012 @ 10:16pm
Steve O said | December 3rd 2012 @ 10:16pm | Report comment
…and the World Cup competition for Rugby Union is called the Rugby World Cup and the trophy is inscribed The International Rugby Football Board The Webb Ellis Cup
December 3rd 2012 @ 10:37pm
Greg said | December 3rd 2012 @ 10:37pm | Report comment
Haha, nice research col Quinn
December 3rd 2012 @ 10:49pm
Sam said | December 3rd 2012 @ 10:49pm | Report comment
Well look at it this way. 3 different nations have won the Rugby League world cup and 3 different nations have won the Rugby Union World Cup. Looking to the day the Ivory Coast, Uruguay or Japan win a Rugby World Cup
December 3rd 2012 @ 4:40pm
Jerry said | December 3rd 2012 @ 4:40pm | Report comment
“It’s called representing one’s country.”
Or alternatively “representing one country and then another and then the first one again…..”
December 3rd 2012 @ 7:03pm
Crosscoder said | December 3rd 2012 @ 7:03pm | Report comment
Yeah Craig Gower would know a little about that .
December 3rd 2012 @ 8:32pm
Jerry said | December 3rd 2012 @ 8:32pm | Report comment
Oh, so close. You could have said “Brad Thorn” and it would have actually fit the criteria…..
December 4th 2012 @ 7:56am
Crosscoder said | December 4th 2012 @ 7:56am | Report comment
Was going to merntion Thorn,but he is too nice a guy.I respect his decision making,he goes by his word. Gower was actually part of the criterea Oz and italy in two codes.
December 3rd 2012 @ 4:35pm
Pot Stirrer said | December 3rd 2012 @ 4:35pm | Report comment
A World cup, The Ashes, Anzac Test to name a few. You union blokes are a funny lot. Just becuase you cant beat the Allblacks and the depth of Talent is poor you think Union is better. Truth is the Talent Australia produces the Wallabies should be as dominant as the Roos.
December 3rd 2012 @ 4:40pm
Greg said | December 3rd 2012 @ 4:40pm | Report comment
what? world cup runners up the roos?
December 3rd 2012 @ 5:35pm
matthewthorpe said | December 3rd 2012 @ 5:35pm | Report comment
better than world cup 3rd place
December 3rd 2012 @ 5:45pm
PeterK said | December 3rd 2012 @ 5:45pm | Report comment
what compare runner up where it is 2nd out of 3 teams to 3rd out of 12 genuine contenders.
December 3rd 2012 @ 7:11pm
Crosscoder said | December 3rd 2012 @ 7:11pm | Report comment
3rd out of 12 genuine contenders.Try 3rd out of max 6.
Even harden ru fans woiuld knock that on the head.
7 WCs to date wiith what 4-5 winners.
December 3rd 2012 @ 8:35pm
Jerry said | December 3rd 2012 @ 8:35pm | Report comment
There’ve been 7 different semi-finalists and 4 different finalists in the last two RWC tournaments, crosscoder.
December 3rd 2012 @ 10:38pm
Greg said | December 3rd 2012 @ 10:38pm | Report comment
Haha cross coder you are hilarious.
December 3rd 2012 @ 11:42pm
Steve O said | December 3rd 2012 @ 11:42pm | Report comment
And the 12 RL World Cups from 1954 to 2000 had 2 winners with NZ making it 3 in 2008
December 4th 2012 @ 7:57am
Crosscoder said | December 4th 2012 @ 7:57am | Report comment
So being in a semi finalist mean a winning final,genuine contenders .Noice LOL.
December 4th 2012 @ 8:04am
Crosscoder said | December 4th 2012 @ 8:04am | Report comment
China ,India featured as yet,they make up 1/3 of the worlds population. Oh wait!One could go on.
Let us all settle down and enjoy the world cups for what they are ,each to his.own.
If you belittle the RLWC as Greg did initially,expect a return serve.
His cynicism is hardly new ,I have been reading and hearing it for years ,having spent my ill gotten youth playing ru at school..Supposedly humorous ,yet as funny as a train crash.
December 3rd 2012 @ 4:46pm
Will Sinclair said | December 3rd 2012 @ 4:46pm | Report comment
Do they still play for the Ashes?
And I am not a rugby union bloke! I have a current membership with an NRL team.
December 3rd 2012 @ 7:38pm
Jkyy said | December 3rd 2012 @ 7:38pm | Report comment
Haha well said will s!!
December 3rd 2012 @ 1:39pm
Noddy said | December 3rd 2012 @ 1:39pm | Report comment
From the article the ARU are not topping up the contract – it si all the Tahs doing
December 3rd 2012 @ 1:44pm
Spliff Biggins said | December 3rd 2012 @ 1:44pm | Report comment
“typical short-sightedness from the ARU”
He signed with the Waratahs. Not ARU. ARU are not topping up his contract.
1 season deal best for both parties.
If he proves his worth, then he can ask for ARU top up the following year.
If he is pants at the code, both have an easy get out.
Anything that may improve the Tahs and get a few more bums on seats should be considered.
December 3rd 2012 @ 12:48pm
Mr Taylor said | December 3rd 2012 @ 12:48pm | Report comment
Its professional rugby which means the Waratahs signed him not Penrith Emus or West Harbour.
December 3rd 2012 @ 1:07pm
myles said | December 3rd 2012 @ 1:07pm | Report comment
Actually the joke is the wallabies, who can only ever manage to scrape wins by the skin of their teeth…that’s assuming they win in the first place!
His presence alone will lift the sport next year…and trust me that will be needed especially after the loss of interest in the sport due to the boring and defensive style of plays at the club & national level (with the exception of the reds). Add to that Quade coopers exit from the game, and izzy’s inclusion can only be a good thing.
I think they will play him on the wing. But if he is played in the centres then surely they will be trying to mould him into an SBW-esque type figure.
Should be interesting.
December 3rd 2012 @ 1:41pm
Noddy said | December 3rd 2012 @ 1:41pm | Report comment
He has a different skill set to SBW but I do think he will play 12 or 15
December 3rd 2012 @ 7:30pm
Mantis said | December 3rd 2012 @ 7:30pm | Report comment
He will play wing for the first half of the year. He cant adapt that quickly, no way.
December 3rd 2012 @ 3:33pm
Marlins tragic said | December 3rd 2012 @ 3:33pm | Report comment
When was the last time you watched a Shute Sheild game?
Nothing boring about the way the top 6-7 Sydney club teams played this year!
December 3rd 2012 @ 5:36pm
matthewthorpe said | December 3rd 2012 @ 5:36pm | Report comment
except for teh fact the they are sydney club teams and are semi-pro, now thats boring
December 3rd 2012 @ 7:32pm
Mantis said | December 3rd 2012 @ 7:32pm | Report comment
Its good your not biased or anything…
December 3rd 2012 @ 8:16pm
myles said | December 3rd 2012 @ 8:16pm | Report comment
are you for real?! Isn’t there a comp called Super Rugby?!
By your logic perhaps everyone should be watching the toyota cup instead of the NRL?!
Who the hell watches the shute shield anyways?! Perhaps the families of the players?
December 3rd 2012 @ 3:47pm
Ra said | December 3rd 2012 @ 3:47pm | Report comment
is a one-point win too much for you myles???
December 3rd 2012 @ 8:20pm
myles said | December 3rd 2012 @ 8:20pm | Report comment
Unlike some people, i find it unacceptable that our national team is consistently at best winning unconvincingly.
But hey…high standards never helped make the Romans and British so great!!!
December 3rd 2012 @ 12:19pm
Hansie said | December 3rd 2012 @ 12:19pm | Report comment
I’d get his signature on the contract quick smart before he changes his mind.
December 3rd 2012 @ 12:22pm
kingplaymaker said | December 3rd 2012 @ 12:22pm | Report comment
Gold!
December 3rd 2012 @ 12:22pm
Stuart Fazakerley said | December 3rd 2012 @ 12:22pm | Report comment
This’ll be fine, it’s not like the Waratahs have been in any salary cap trouble recently…
December 3rd 2012 @ 7:46pm
Blue Blood said | December 3rd 2012 @ 7:46pm | Report comment
Exactly. The ARU have gone very quiet on last years cap issues at the Tahs. If it was anyone but the Tahs or the Reds they would have been raped over hot coals. Now this. How can they afford him and all those Wallabies? Seems very dodgy to me. Time for an audit
December 3rd 2012 @ 10:05pm
Jerry said | December 3rd 2012 @ 10:05pm | Report comment
Yeah, but they got penalised for that.
SANZAR retrospectively stripped them of all those titles they won…
December 3rd 2012 @ 10:16pm
Cantab said | December 3rd 2012 @ 10:16pm | Report comment
All Australian super rugby teams are allowed 1 marquee player which is exempt from the salary cap of 4.5million. The reds and Tah’s don’t do not have a marquee player signed however the reds playing roster is currently full. So the ‘tahs could even pay him 4.6million and it won’t be in breach of the salary cap. Why have this rule? Well what sport is Folua playing this year?
December 3rd 2012 @ 10:18pm
Cantab said | December 3rd 2012 @ 10:18pm | Report comment
Do not*
December 3rd 2012 @ 10:56pm
Jagman said | December 3rd 2012 @ 10:56pm | Report comment
Not exempt but you’re right the marquee import always counts as about $130,000 no matter what they are paid. This is one 30th of the cap.
December 3rd 2012 @ 12:23pm
Jutsie said | December 3rd 2012 @ 12:23pm | Report comment
hopefully he’s more rogers/tuqiri than dell/tahu
December 3rd 2012 @ 12:24pm
Great Dog said | December 3rd 2012 @ 12:24pm | Report comment
Would be good if he ran on with the emus. Even west harbour !
A poor decision by the waratahs nonetheless
December 3rd 2012 @ 3:49pm
Ra said | December 3rd 2012 @ 3:49pm | Report comment
if you’re sponsoring his pay packet, you could have him line up for anybody
December 3rd 2012 @ 12:25pm
nickoldschool said | December 3rd 2012 @ 12:25pm | Report comment
Fantastic news!
Bums on sits guaranteed. Wing or Outside centre would be great as am not sure he has the pass or off load skills of a sbw.
December 3rd 2012 @ 12:34pm
nickoldschool said | December 3rd 2012 @ 12:34pm | Report comment
*seats ouch.
Will also bring some unpredictability and optimists to the group.
December 3rd 2012 @ 12:35pm
Luc said | December 3rd 2012 @ 12:35pm | Report comment
Why would it mean bums on seats? It’s not like people from rugby league will now flock to the SFS to watch a guy who they feel has abandoned them for the second time Same for AFL followers. And most rugby union people view league converts with derision so I don’t see how this works for anyone – bar Israel himself. If he signs a one-year deal, the Waratahs will be lucky to get a handful of productive games out of him. As I’m sure everyone reading this column knows, rugby can be, at times, complex and nuanced even for experienced players so I fail to see how Folau will be the Waratah’s saviour in 2013. His league style was that of a hard running athlete, not a ball-player. Sure he can kick a bit now, but who the hell goes to the rugby to watch guys kick all day? Isn’t that why the Waratahs have been pulling progressively smaller crowds for the pat 5 years??? As a long-tme follower of the Waratahs I think it would be a massive mistake to sign him.
December 3rd 2012 @ 12:39pm
hodge said | December 3rd 2012 @ 12:39pm | Report comment
^ this
December 3rd 2012 @ 12:54pm
Albo said | December 3rd 2012 @ 12:54pm | Report comment
The simple fact is we need to get more kids into the game and this will help that considerably.
We’re not talking about his recruitment benefiting us has-beens, we’re talking about an exciting player that will encourage more kids to think about rugby union as their winter sport. I know that once I got a taste of it I never wanted anything else so even if this only lasts one year it has numerous long term benefits.
Rugby needs its heroes and the continued hope of more exciting things to come. We need this right now more than ever.
December 3rd 2012 @ 1:26pm
nickoldschool said | December 3rd 2012 @ 1:26pm | Report comment
Luc, if everything was going ok in waratahs land true we should not think of hiring an unproven NRL/afl player on a one year deal. Thing is, the rugby played in the last few years has been pretty average, many supporters, am one of them, have stopped going to the stadium at every game.
Am not saying Folau is the messiah but he is bringing a buzz which had been lacking in Sydney rugby for years now. Plus rugby wise, he can bring something to the team. Am ready to give him the benefit of the doubt. So yes, we won’t attract NRL or afl fans but lost union fans like me might consider coming back on a regular basis if we get some decent rugby.
December 3rd 2012 @ 2:41pm
Funk said | December 3rd 2012 @ 2:41pm | Report comment
“Sure he can kick a bit now, but who the hell goes to the rugby to watch guys kick all day?” Unfortunately, us Wallabies fans.
December 3rd 2012 @ 7:12pm
Andrew said | December 3rd 2012 @ 7:12pm | Report comment
But might just get more tahs supporters off their bums to go to the games hough?
December 3rd 2012 @ 12:26pm
Boomeranga said | December 3rd 2012 @ 12:26pm | Report comment
What’s the point of signing a development player for relatively big money on a 1 year contract?
December 3rd 2012 @ 12:37pm
John said | December 3rd 2012 @ 12:37pm | Report comment
He’s a name. Rugby needs names. Why did the NRL want him so bad? Once he adapts, he’ll go great. He’s a strong athlete.
December 3rd 2012 @ 12:41pm
Matt_S said | December 3rd 2012 @ 12:41pm | Report comment
If the NRL wanted him so bad then why didn’t they circumnavigate their salary cap integrity and sign away straight off the bat. They kept to their financial rules, hardly “wanting him so bad”
December 3rd 2012 @ 12:52pm
Stuart Fazakerley said | December 3rd 2012 @ 12:52pm | Report comment
“He’s a name. GWS needs names. Why did the AFL want him so bad? Once he adapts, he’ll go great. He’s a strong athlete.”
Spooky
But yeah, much more of a chance to adapt to union, whether it’s to the extent that would make him useful in a provincial competition is the clincher. He’ll definitely benefit from having the game in front of him, rather than relying on 360 degree awareness, AFL-style.
December 3rd 2012 @ 9:26pm
Malo said | December 3rd 2012 @ 9:26pm | Report comment
Yeah he will walk into the wallabies centres, it is just what Australian rugby needs. Cant wait he will be awesome. Hope he stays for the world cup.
December 3rd 2012 @ 2:43pm
Boomeranga said | December 3rd 2012 @ 2:43pm | Report comment
Yeah, I understand John, but I just have my doubts about us doing this now. We’ve signed a hard nut in Cheika which has come with pretty strong acknowledgment that he has a culture to fix, and his involvement has been widely recieved as a real step towards improvement. In signing Izzy, we’ve now added a gimmick. If we could sign Izzy on reasonable money for three years I would be all for it as he is a talented bloke. One year, and that year being next year, doesn’t seem so smart to me.
December 3rd 2012 @ 4:02pm
Crosscoder said | December 3rd 2012 @ 4:02pm | Report comment
The NRL wanted him so badly LOL.The admin made it extremely tough for him as they put him down as a $400,000 player,meaning under teh salry cap at eels he had no chance.
Dizzy oops I mean Lizzy oops i mean Izzy,was out of the game for a couple of year,did RL fans really notice the difference,did SOo Tv ratings drop.
He will be a Wallby by the end of the season,the code is desperate.
December 3rd 2012 @ 12:29pm
redhead said | December 3rd 2012 @ 12:29pm | Report comment
Would have preferred the reds, but the tahs need a lift and its great news for Aussie rugby.
He’d look good in the green and gold too ! A bit of size out wide is exactly what the wallabies need.
Welcome back to rugby izzy !!
December 3rd 2012 @ 12:46pm
Chop said | December 3rd 2012 @ 12:46pm | Report comment
As a Tahs supporter I’d prefer him to sign with the Reds as well.
He f**ked around my NRL team only to sign with my S15 team.
He doesn’t have size anymore Redhead, he lost alot of his size when playing AFL, he slimmed down about 15kg if I recall correctly.
December 3rd 2012 @ 1:04pm
ilikedahoodoogurusingha said | December 3rd 2012 @ 1:04pm | Report comment
“As a Tahs supporter I’d prefer him to sign with the Reds as well.”
Gold!!
December 3rd 2012 @ 8:34pm
The Great G Nepia said | December 3rd 2012 @ 8:34pm | Report comment
Jeez mate, the waratahs need all the help they can get,and izzy probably has more raw talent and physical presence than the current waratah backline combined. Im 40 yrs old and overwieght, but even ive got more talent and guts than the entire waratah backline,so having folau there is like manna from heaven
December 5th 2012 @ 1:46am
Malo said | December 5th 2012 @ 1:46am | Report comment
Must like the status quo of the tahs losing. Not much of a tah supporter.
December 3rd 2012 @ 1:28pm
klestical said | December 3rd 2012 @ 1:28pm | Report comment
He wouldn’t have been a good fit in the reds. I imagine he would play wing – meaning he would have to compete with digby, shipperly, sautia, rod davies, aiden toua
December 3rd 2012 @ 1:32pm
Markus said | December 3rd 2012 @ 1:32pm | Report comment
If he played outside centre, he’d only really be competing with A Faingaa.
Or Tapuai, though that would mean Tapuai is not being played in his best position.
December 3rd 2012 @ 12:30pm
The Kebab Connoisseur said | December 3rd 2012 @ 12:30pm | Report comment
Is he any good at rugby?
You get the feeling that more and more of the RL guys will move to rugby. The big money is only just starting to appear in the big European leagues like the English and French. In international games, salary caps just do not work. NRL should get rid of the salary cap and bring itself into line with the French Top 14 and EPL where the highest bidder gets the signing.
It works fine in the AFL becaue the league is the only one in the world. It does not need to worry about tax rates, currency fluctuations etc.. If only manufacturing was like the AFL.
If I was a good NRL player I would be looking to make the move. Imagine playing at Twickenham in front of 80,000, then playing in Cardiff in front of 70 the next? Bit different to playing in Penrith in front of 8 or 9k then maybe 7 at Cronulla the next.
December 3rd 2012 @ 12:45pm
jeznez said | December 3rd 2012 @ 12:45pm | Report comment
played Qld U-15s in Union – I suspect he’ll be handy.
December 3rd 2012 @ 2:00pm
DonBilly said | December 3rd 2012 @ 2:00pm | Report comment
There are salary caps for both EPL and Top14 but they are much higher than in NRL. Top14 salary cap is 8.5 M€!!!
December 3rd 2012 @ 4:16pm
Crosscoder said | December 3rd 2012 @ 4:16pm | Report comment
The money has been around there for ages FHS,and the movement has been minimal with rl players from this country.
The S15 have salary caps,better tell the admin that is the case.
80,000 every week,not likely.Then again the beaches at Twickenam are vastly superior to those at Cronulla.Amazing how rl players now want to play for Cronulla
Oh I don’t know if one plays in a rl challenge cup can play with a figure near that mark,in an historic stadium at Wembley.
Most rugby league players I understand like to score tries,northern hemisphere union has more of a preference for the kicky.
He will be now playing for a state team representing 7 million people ,where if he is lucky get no more than 20,000.
Good luck to izzy,but he has burnt his bridges,and has made SBW look a saint in the process.
TKC the commission has already increased the cap and will be increasing it further.
December 3rd 2012 @ 9:55pm
Cantab said | December 3rd 2012 @ 9:55pm | Report comment
Yer so super rugby dosn’t have a salary cap, only Australian super rugby teams. Which is why there is less scandal around breaches of the salary cap because they are not breaching the central bodies rules just the local body.
December 3rd 2012 @ 5:39pm
matthewthorpe said | December 3rd 2012 @ 5:39pm | Report comment
couldnt agree more, i hate the salary cap